Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bulungu, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 7th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 37th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Bulungu is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July, selected | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Kikwit in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Idiofa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ilebo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Mweka in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Masina in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.